Resolved: Three Delicious Dishes to Make This Year

Even when you live and breathe food, certain things never seem to make it off of the Pinterest board and into happy stomachs. So perhaps it’s no surprise that everyone’s getting in on the New Year’s resolution game—here are food-related goals from Food52, Buzzfeed, and Big Girls Small Kitchen. As for me, my own resolution is easy: Make these, eat, and repeat.

1. Homemade sushi. Here’s a secret: My favorite thing to order at sushi joints actually has nothing to do with fish. It’s so inauthentic, I’m sure no one in Japan would recognize it. But avocado and peanut rolls, dipped in soy sauce and wasabi, are fantastic. They’re also wildly expensive when you consider that a small pile of avocado, peanuts, nori, and rice costs 10 bucks. So this year, I’m making my own. I’ve been intimidated by phrases like “sushi rice,” but it turns out that’s just rice mixed with vinegar, salt, and sugar—easy breezy! Maybe someday I’ll graduate to fish rolls, but vegetarian is a perfect starting step.

2. Gnocchi. Whenever I end up at an Italian spot, I tend to order the gnocchi—especially if it says it’s house-made. Often, restaurant pasta is the same boxed stuff you can buy at the store gussied up with fancy sauces, but the soft, pillowy, gnocchi are something I can’t get at home. Until now. With just three or four ingredients, versionslikethese should be the perfect project for a chilly Saturday afternoon. And then I’ll top them with blue cheese and eat every last one.